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v STAND LAMP. 7 No. 349,501. Patented Sept. 21, 1886 N. PETERS.PholirLilMgnpner. Washj nn nn c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS JENKINS, OF \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HOLMES,

- BOOTH & HAYDENS, OF SAME PLACE.

STAN D-LAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,501, datedSeptember 21, 1886.

Applicationfiled March 6, 1885.

Serial No. 157.889. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.

Be it known that. I, NICHOLAS J ENKINS,,Of Waterbury, county of NewHaven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Stand-Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement relates to lamps which are provided with pedestals orstands, and designed for use upon tables, mantels, and like places.

The object of the improvement is to provide for making such lamps ofornamental design, mainly of metal, but with glass oil-reservoirs, andto provide for detaching the reservoirs to facilitate the cleaning ofthem.

I will describe in detail a lamp embodying my improvement,and then pointout the novel features in'claim.

The accompanying drawing is a partly-sectional side view of a lampembodying myimprovement.

A designates the pedestal or stand of the lamp. It has an extendedbase-piece, a pillarlike portion rising therefrom, and a socket at theupper end of the pillar-like portion. This pedestal or stand may be mademainly or below the same.

wholly of metal. Preferably its exterior will be ornamental metal, suchas brass.

' B designates an oil-reservoir, which may be of any desirable shape,but at the lower portion it is provided with a shank-like part, a, andan outwardly-extending lip or flange, b, The lower portion of the res-,ervoir'fits in'the socket of the pedestal or with a bead, d, whichtends to strengthen the upper part of the socket. It is then turneddownwardly,and is scalloped so as to have an ornamental appearance. Thescallops are shown as perforated to receive the suspendinghooks of glasspendants D.

The reservoir may be detached from the pedestal or stand by moving thescrews 0 outwardly and then lifting up the oil-reservoir. Theoil-reservoir is provided with the ordinary collar, f, for the receptionof a burner, and, as here shown, has also a filling-mouth, g, fittedwith an ordinary screw-cap.

By my improvement I produce a lamp which is simple and inexpensive inconstruction and of a very tasty appearance. The oilreservoir may bereadily detached for cleaning, and this is advantageous, because thewater employed to wash the reservoir will not then be liable to tarnishthe metal of the pedestal or stand. The connection which I have providedbetween the pedestal or stand and reservoir is desirable, because it isa very durable one and is not liable to become impaired like theordinary plasterofparis, which is ordinarily used between the reservoirsand the pedestals of stand-lamps.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination, with a lamp-reservoir, of a pedestal provided at itsupper end with a flaring sheet-metal socket made integral therewith, andhaving its edge bent over and downwardly for the attachment of pendants,said socket receiving the reservoir and sup porting the latter above thebottom of the socket, and a screw for securing the reservoir in thesocket, substantially as specified. I

NICHOLAS JENKINS. W'ituesses: v

GEO. H. BEECHAM, WM. E. PETTEE.

